Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-06-11

i fultilS llcll III tue Slllle SCOru unCIpO.iiSGI
to tho Christian religion, teasing him
tormontng him about his religion, tryin.
to get him mad. They succeed in gcttinl
him mud, saying: "Youir pretty Chris
tinn." Does this young man find it sinootl
sailing when lio tries To follow Christ? Her,
Is u Christian girl. Her father dcslAscs th,
Christian religion; her mother dcspises tht
Christian religion; her brothers aud sister.
scott at the Christian religion; she can hardly
find quiet place i'll whictto say her prayers
Did she find itsmooth sailing when she tried
to follow Jesus Christi Oh, 10! All who
7 would live tho ifo OF the Christian religion
must suffer persecution. If you tlu not End
it in ono way you will get it i'll another way
Tho question waS asked: "Who arc those
nearest tho thronca' nnd the answer came
back: "Thesc ure they who came up out OF
great tribulation;" great failing, as the
original has it; great failing, great pounding
sand had their robes washed and mado white
i'll the blood of the lamb" Oh 90 not he
iishcartcncd Oh, child of Goll take cour-
age You are i'll glorious companonship.
God will sec you through I'LL these trials, and
he will deliver you.
Ny subject also impresscS me with tho fact
that gool people sometimes get very much
frightened.
ln'fse tones of these disciples as they
rushed into the back part OF the boat, ind
they aro frightened almost to DEATH Thoy
say: "Mastcr, carcst thou not that wo per-
ish?' They had no reason to 10 frightened,
for Christ was in the boat. suppose if wo
had been tllcro wo would have been just as
much alrrightcned. Perhaps more
In oil ages Very good people get very much
! afrrightencd. It is often SO i'll our day, aud
luon say: why, look at tho bad lectures;
look ut the spirtualistic societies; look at tho
various errors going over the church of God
we arc going to founder; the church is going
to perish; SHE is going down." Oh how
many good people arc airiightemcd by i'll
EQUITY i'll our day, and think the church of
Jesus Christ is going to be ovcrtLrown, and
ure just rs much afrrightcned as werc tho dis
ciplcs of my text. DON'T worry, don't fret,
MS though iniquity wcro going to triumph
over Righteousness.
y lion goes into q cavern to sleep. IIe lies
down, with his shaggy mano covering tho
paws. Meanwhile the spiders spin web
across tho mouth of tho cavern, and say:
"Wo have captured him." GosSancr thread
after goSsamcr thread is spun until tho whole
front of the cavern is covered with tho
spiders web, and tue spiders say: ",rhc lion
is done; the lion is fust." After awhile the
lion has got through sleeping; hc rouses him
self, he shakes l,is name, no walks out into
tho sunlight; he does not even know tho
spiders web is spun, and with his voice no
shakes the mountain.
So mon como spinning their sophistrics and
skcpticiSlns about Jesus Christ; ho seems to
DO sleeping. They cay: GWo have captured
tho Lord; he will never como forth again
upon tho nation; Christ is captured forever.
His religion will never mako any conquest
among mel." But after while tho Lion of
tho tribo of Judah will rouse himself and
como forth TO thakc nightly tho nations.
WEat.; C sl,idcr's web to tho aroused lion7
Give truth c,:d error n fur G.applc, and
t,rlh will como of victor.
But thcro are i great many good people
who SCI c!fri5 i.tcMcd il othcr respects; they
arc enlightened III cur day about revivnls
They say: 1Oh! this is estrong religious gale;
wo Gre afraid the church OF God is going to
be upset, end thoro arc going to DO great
many people brought into the church TINT are
going TO be Of 10 use to it, and they are
atT,ightcued whc.c1cr they oee q revival
taking hold OF tho clurchcs.
As though . ship captain with 5000 bushels
Of wheat for c cargo would say, some day,
coming upon deck: "Throw overheard oil |
CARGO" and tho sailors would say:a Why, cap
tain, what do you means Throw over all the
cargor "Oh," says tho captain. "wc have n
peck of chaf that has got into this 5000 |
bushels OF wheat, and tho only way to get rid
Of the chaff is to throw ell the wheat over
board" Now, that is q great deal wiser than
the talk of q great many Christians who wont
to throw overbourd al tho thousands and |
tens Of thousands OF souls who AFRO tho sub
CAUSE tdeS iiic Dro15f5 INTO iio Kingdom Of
God through great revivals; because there is
q peck Of chaff, a-nuart OF clalf, pint Of
chafT! say let them stay until tho last day;
Tho Lord will divide the chaT from the wheat.
Do not be afraid of u great revival
Oh, that these gales from heaven might
sweep through Ill our churches! Oh, for such
days as Richard Baxter saw in England and
Robert McChcync saw in Dundee! Oh, for
such days as Jonathan Edwards saw IN
I havo often heard my father
tell of tue fact that i'll the carly part Of this
century revival broke out at Somerville,
n. D., aud some people wero very much aTi-
tated about It, They said: "Oh, you are
going to bring too many people into the
church ut once;;" and they sent down to New
Brunswick to get john Livingston to stop tho
revival.
We'll, there was no better soul in all the
world than John Livingston. lie went and
looked at the revival; they wanted him to
stop it. lie stood in tho pulpit on the Sab
BATH and looked over tho solemn auditory and
h., |
work of God; beware how you try to stop it."
Aud lie was an oil man, leaning heavily OIL
his star-;l very oldman. And Inc lifted thai
staff, and took hold of tho small end of the
staff and began to let it fall very slowly
through between the finger and the thumb,
ND he said: @Oh though inipentent, thou
,rt falling now-falliny away from life, fall !
ng away from peace and heaven, fall
ne us certainly US that cane is fall
ng through my hand-falling certainly, .
llough perhaps falling slowly" And the cane
Kept OH falling through John Livingston's
llud. The religious emotion i'll the audience c
vas ovcTpowering, and mon saw type OF
leir doom as the cane kept falling and fall !,
lg until the knob of the cane struck Mr. Liv- 1
lgston's hand, and he clasped it stoutly aud
LII, Luz liz SIttCc VI UOu csiii sIop you us
.opprl that canc;;" and then there was glad |
css all through the house at the fact of par
on and peace and salvation. "Wcll, said c
10 people. after tho service, Il guess you had )
otter send Livingston homc he is making /
lie revival worse" Oh, for the gales from
eaven and Christ on board tho ship Tho u
anger of the church of God is not in rcvi- t
ais Ii
,ct that Jesus was God ana man III 5lie C
cling. Hero he is in the b,:k part of the 0
oat. Oh, how tired he looks; what sad
reams he must have! Look at his counte- c
alcc; he must be thinking of tho cross to |